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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Brazil Moves to Restrict Foreigners’ Land Purchases in the Amazon

In an effort to combat ‘biopiracy’ and regulate the Amazon rainforest’s occupation by foreigners, the Brazilian House of Representatives approved on 13 October a bill that restricts the purchase of land in the region by non-Brazilians.[Photograph by:Brazilian Government]